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. J. GE ERNST. GAR AXLE BOX. No. 282,871. Patented Aug. 7, 1883.

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i UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

JOHN G. RRivsT, or RAL-TIMORRivLARYLAND, AssrGNoR or 'ONE-HALF ToJRRRMIAH n.' MALLoRY, or sAMR PLAGE.

'i CAR-AXLE BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,871, dated August7, 1883.

I Application ieaMrth 1,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHNG. ERNST, ofBaltimore city, and State of Maryland, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Gar- 5 Axle Boxes 5 and'I do hereby declare that'thelfollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.l

My invention relates to the lubrication of caraxle boxes. In thestandard car-axle box the Io waste packing placed underneath thejournalbox becomes heavy with oil and settles, entirely leaving the axleand resulting in the heating of the box. This renders it necessaryfrequently to stir up the packing and raise it on both 15 sides.Further, the oil,when poured-into the box as heretofore made, sinks tothe bottom, and'has to be carried up all the way therefrom to the axleby capillary attraction.

rlhe object of my invention is to suspend 2o the oil and the packingabove the bottom of the box, to hold them nearer the box, and to preventthe packing from settling.

The invention consists in making this suspending device in the form of apan or recep- 2 5 tacle in thefront part of the box, with guttersrunning back on each side. The invention is not limited to theparticular construction, and the shelf or pan and gutters may be castwith the box, or may be cast separately for insertion 3o in the oldboxes, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation ofthe box, with the wall partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalvertical section with the axle in side 3 5 elevation. Fig.3isatransverse section. Fig.

4 is a plan of the shelf detached.y

In these drawings the device which sustains the packing is shown as aseparate part adapted to be inserted into the ordinary box. The 4odevice consists of a pan, A, in the front part of the box, with asupporting-lip, a, which curves back Aover the front of the box at thelower part of the opening and supports the pan thereon. On either sidefrom the pan are 4 5 hollowed extensions or gutters b Z, which run Yback to the rear of the axle-box, the hollows or gutters being closed atthe rear ends and opening at the front into the pan. The rear ends ofthe extensions are supported upon legs c c. The device may be located atany suita- 5 ble height. I have shown it as set ona horizontal line alittle above the lower surface of the journal; but it may be higher orlower without departing from the spirit of my invention, and thedetachable shelf orpan, with its 5, guttered extensions, may besupported by different devices than those shown and described.

As before stated, instead of making the device detachable, which adaptsit to old forms of boxes, I propose, in casting new boxes, to 6 form itintegral with the boxitself.

When the journal is in place under the bearing, the waste packing ispacked under the axle, beneath the shelf and above, on either side. Theoil poured in from the front falls into the 6l pan, and' from the'panruns into the guttered extensions, where it is held at a proper heightnear to the bearing and prevented from falling to the bottom of the box.The extensions also sustain the packing and prevent that 7 from settlingwhen it becomesheavy with oil. Plain extensions or shelves would sustainthe packing equally well, but would not catch and hold the oil andprevent it from going to the bottom. 7-

I am awarethat ah axle-box with sockets for holding wipers, and thatseparate oil-boxes adapted to sustain the packing, are not new.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 8` l. In anaxle-box, a shelf formed or placed within the box, consisting of a panand chani neled extensions, adapted to receive and hold the oil abovethe bottom of the box, and also to support thepacking, substantially asdescribed. .8

2. The movable shelf consisting of the pan A, guttered side pieces, b b,legs c c, and flange va, all as set forth..

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specication in thepresence of two 9 subscribing witnesses.

JOHN G. ERNST.

Witnesses: A

MURRAY HANsoN, Josnrrr Winx-LER.

